Beyond Constantinople

The Memoirs of an Ottoman Jew

Nonfiction, History, Military, World War II, Biography & Memoir
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Author: Victor Eskenazi ISBN: 9780857729255
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Publication: April 11, 2016
Imprint: I.B. Tauris Language: English
Author: Victor Eskenazi
ISBN: 9780857729255
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication: April 11, 2016
Imprint: I.B. Tauris
Language: English

Victor Eskenazi, a Sephardic Jew from Constantinople, represented an ethnic and religious minority that thrived in the Ottoman Empire. The beginning of the twentieth century was a critical period in Ottoman history, which saw the end of the Empire, defeat in World War I but also a colourful influx of victorious allied armies and White Russians fleeing the Revolution, contributing to the already cosmopolitan nature of the city. Eskenazi breathed the complex air of this budding new Turkey, with its ideals, contradictions and hopes. His extraordinary memoir - which begins in Constantinople and travels across Europe during and after World War II - tells the remarkable story of a family, poignantly capturing a moment in time which now exists only in memory.

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Victor Eskenazi, a Sephardic Jew from Constantinople, represented an ethnic and religious minority that thrived in the Ottoman Empire. The beginning of the twentieth century was a critical period in Ottoman history, which saw the end of the Empire, defeat in World War I but also a colourful influx of victorious allied armies and White Russians fleeing the Revolution, contributing to the already cosmopolitan nature of the city. Eskenazi breathed the complex air of this budding new Turkey, with its ideals, contradictions and hopes. His extraordinary memoir - which begins in Constantinople and travels across Europe during and after World War II - tells the remarkable story of a family, poignantly capturing a moment in time which now exists only in memory.

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